Posterior superior alveolar nerve
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| Nerve: Posterior superior alveolar nerve | ||
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| Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. (Posterior sup. alveolar labeled at center.) | ||
| Latin | rami alveolares superiores posteriores nervi maxillaris | |
| Gray's | subject #200 890 | |
| Innervates | maxillary sinus, molars, dental alveolus | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | r_02/12688688 | |
The posterior superior alveolar branches (posterior superior dental branches) arise from the trunk of the maxillary nerve just before it enters the infraorbital groove; they are generally two in number, but sometimes arise by a single trunk.
They descend on the tuberosity of the maxilla and give off several twigs to the gums and neighboring parts of the mucous membrane of the cheek.
They then enter the posterior alveolar canals on the infratemporal surface of the maxilla, and, passing from behind forward in the substance of the bone, communicate with the middle superior alveolar nerve, and give off branches to the lining membrane of the maxillary sinus and three twigs to each molar tooth; these twigs enter the foramina at the apices of the roots of the teeth.
[edit] See also
[edit] Additional images
 Left maxilla. Outer surface. |
[edit] External links
- Norman/Georgetown cranialnerves (V)
- Norman/Georgetown lesson9 (latnasalwall4)
- MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb2.htm
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